Giving details of the Chartist unrest in the City. [Also contains note from William Empson to JH.]
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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Giving details of the Chartist unrest in the City. [Also contains note from William Empson to JH.]
Health is improving. Had not seen F. P. G. Guizot's book, but thinks it a good one. Sees JH has got among the philosophers again. Cannot see why U. J. J. Leverrier is hurt. Will be staying in town for a few days.
Sends the parliamentary papers about the observatory and some of the Dryopteris fern. How to use guano on roses.
Take Roundell Palmer by all means. Do not get any signatures to the address until he hears again. Regarding the difficulty of separating the Queen from the State. Mrs. Jones will travel to JH's after London.
Sending down some copies of a military magazine, which contains articles on contouring that may interest him. Overrated the science of military drawing. Don't overwork Johnny [Herschel]. Persian is a useful language in India.
Wakeford Attree, who is bringing this, will give a full account of the health of RJ, which is not good. Rejoices in Willy's (JH's son) change of Presidency as Bengal offers the widest field.
Cannot send a decisive opinion about Johnny [Herschel]'s commission. Comments on the pros and cons of service in India or England. He starts for Geneva and plans to saunter around Switzerland.
Unable to answer JH's letter as soon as he received it as he was suffering from an attack of flatulence. Rejoices to hear JH has a prospect of peace. His eye is gone, but does not miss it as much as he expected. Will come to town in the Spring.
Writes to thank JH and his wife, Margaret, for their kind hospitality. CJ also mentions several other people he met.
Would like JH to come and have tea to discuss the idea of a fluid object glass, with which her husband is at present engrossed.
Unable to come to the party last night as he was suffering from severe cold.
Describes, in considerable detail, the arrangement of an [?] observatory.
Pointing out one aspect of JH's report with which he does not agree, viz., the advantage of very small magnets in observations.
Would like to print in his own Treatise on Atmospheric Phenomena JH's account of the Autora Borealis of May 1843. Had a large batch of papers from Sir Thomas Brisbane. Sends one of his weekly accounts.
Can he recollect the origin of Table V in the Report of the Committee on Meteorology showing the elastic force of aqueous vapor? James Apjohn says JL calculated it but JL has no recollection. JL's mother is in a hopeless state.
Many years ago JH questioned him about the calculation of the perturbations in an inclined orbit, the satellites of Herschel [Uranus] for example. Has only recently seen the light. Is now confident that he can calculate the perturbations of any planet in any orbit. Gives details and would be glad of JH's comments.
Went to see J. C. Chase and Dr. Andrew Smith, and a meeting has been arranged at the Public Library tomorrow at 1 p.m. Smith had hoped to call on JH this morning, but was detained by the Governor.
Expresses JH's regret at not having been able to come to MF's experimental demonstration.
Scrope does not mention the depth to which the current has cut the granite in his memoir. In CL's revision can he quote JH on the pebbles?
Sends today the remainder of his astronomical chapter. JH's comments or corrections will be welcome.